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WE FOUND OUT today that Ryan Tubridy is getting his old RTÉ Radio One slot back, and the latest figures have shown that the morning hotseat has been kept quite warm for him.
The JNLR results are pored over by eager radio executives every three months and we got a fresh batch delivered today, ranking the country’s most listened to radio shows.
Tubridy’s new gig, the slot formerly known as The John Murray Show, has increased its daily listenership by 9,000 listeners since last time out.
Much of this increase appears to have come from its direct rival over on Today FM, The Anton Savage Show, which has lost 16,000 listeners.
Of course that’s not the only reason The John Murray Show, which has been hosted by Brendan O’Connor for the last month, also has the pleasure of following the most listened to radio show in the country.
The behemoth that is Morning Ireland has again given the entire Irish radio landscape a kicking with a daily listernship of 433,000, an increase of 16,000.
iRadio / TwitterWe're celebrating.. Why? According to today's radio ratings results there's 359,000 of you listening every week, that's why! THANKS! #jnlr 😘
— iRadio (@ThisisiRadio) July 30, 2015
Just to enforce that Irish people like their radio when they wake up, Newstalk Breakfast has also continued its recent strong showing.
The show, hosted by Ivan Yates and Chris Donoghue, has 173,000 listeners daily, just missing out from a place in the top 20 of Ireland’s radio programmes.
Morning radio veteran Ian Dempsey rounds up the chart at number 20.
Pat Kenny and Ray D’Arcy
Remember when Pat Kenny moved to Newstalk? Well, that’s two years ago now and the former RTÉ current affairs supremo now has 134,000 loyal listeners on Newstalk.
That’s down 8,000 since the last time out though with RTÉ again laying down a marker in the shape of Seán O’Rourke. He’s increased his audience against Kenny, bumping up the numbers by 14,000.
One of the other major recent deck shuffling exercises saw Ray D’Arcy moving back to his former home at RTÉ. He’s already starting to make (air)waves by getting 190,000 people to tune into RTÉ One in the mid-afternoon, 7,000 more than did last time out.
Neil Prendeville / TwitterThis is how the team reacted to news earlier that @CorksRedFM is now Cork's No. 1 station (Source #JNLR Jan-June '15) pic.twitter.com/CvEuceaONe
— Neil Prendeville (@NeilRedFM) July 30, 2015
We like radio
Overall, the figures confirm that Irish people are still radio people. The JNLRs show that 84% of Irish people over the age 15 listen to the radio at some point every weekday.
The long held divide between Dublin and the rest of the country can be seen again with national radio stations holding the majority share in the capital and local sations winning out elsewhere.
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Ray D’arcy 2nd from the bottom ? And what was his starting salary with RTE…… 200K?? Hardly money well spent.
Well done Anton Savage on Today FM … ahead of Ray in listenership ….after taking over his seat on a slightly lower,salary I’m sure!
Ray D’arcy is full of his own self importance. I thought we were rid of him when Enda Kenny was elected Taoiseach. That was the only reason I voted for Fine Gael. Ray, like the good politician he is, was just talking rubbish and looking for attention.
He’s part of the RTE elite…Miriam Callaghan etc….if they were that good they should go to UK.
Ah now, leave Miriam out of this. Miriam works her socks off. Not bad to look at either. Fantastic chest.
After all these years I still cannot explain the popularity of Joe Duffy…..
People love a medium to moan, his voice encourages it. Perfect marketing in Ireland.
A bit like the journal
Classic hits 4fm
I’m liking Sean Moncrief more and more these days. It’s most still against my will. Perhaps it’s Stockholm syndrome having being captive in the car listening to him so much. Anyway in general I much rather radio. It allows me to do other things whilst being entertained or informed.
there a shower of overpaid morons in RTE how they can justify their wages is crazy that’s why the licence is so high ,you know if they shut down the station most of us would be €160 a year better off and we still would not be at a loss for entertainment
when u have a never ending budget u can hire whoever u like to make ratings .
What the JNLR don’t tell us is how much time we are spending listening to radio….
National Radio is a straight choice between either Communicorp or RTE….either way the listener doesn’t benefit, from Current Affairs programs that is…
We need new media as much as we need a new political infrastructure!!!
JNLR DOES actually tell us how much time we spend listening to radio – around 4 hours a day.
I ONLY listen to Radio Nova – although NOT a National Radio Station – at least I get decent music without the CRAP the Biggie Boyos dish out to an unsuspecting National populace. AND I don’t have to listen to inane DJs pretending to understand politics or some pseudo-nationalistic beliefs …
an insult to the real NOVA 87 FM AND 819 AM!
88
Radio Nova seem to have a playlist of 100 songs on a loop.
“..Radio Nova…playing all over Dublin…. Nowwwwww ….”
Great station, great memories
Chris Carey RIP
BBC RADIO 2 via tunein radio app
They say in the heading that size matters in radio land what do they mean big smile or big tits
i don’t get ray darcy on rte 1 i get the impression that he thinks he just has to turnup
What big eyes you have Miriam. …..lol
Any chance of getting that moron Marty Whelan off Lyric FM? It’s supposed to be a “classical music” station not “Housewives’ Choice”!
Nova with pat Courtney. He’s brilliant!!!
Way to ignore all the regional and local radio stations – in many areas, they easily have 40-66% of the Audience share in the places they broadcast to. But yet none of them merit any praise?
talksport via tunein radio for me.
Where’s Stevo from Sunshine Radio gone ?
Why don’t they contact me when they do theses so called survey s and I will b able to tel them why I don’t listen to RTE radio I prefer independent radio from round d country coz it gives me local stories in Dublin especially radio Kerry from 9am each morning
Absolute Radio
Marty Whelan is pure genius. So happy he’s on Lyric in the morning. There is no competitor to him to my mind. Lyric overall is a great station, John Kelly Ensemble, Jazz, Movies and Musicals, Niall Carroll etc., etc. a great mix. I predict Lyric’s star will continue to rise into the future. Its a bit undiscovered maybe. Marty is introducing people more and more to it.
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